Bots, algos, and semi-automation

What runs freely, what needs written approval, and how to get it.

Updated 2026-07-06

Always allowed — no approval needed

Bracket and OCO orders, ATM strategies, server-side stops.
One-click risk tools, position sizers, and hotkey execution.
Alert-driven manual trading — a tool signals, you click.

Requires written approval first

Fully automated systems — anything that opens positions without a human decision per trade.
High-frequency strategies, regardless of automation level.

Getting approval

Email support@prop.localrootsstudio.com before deploying, with a plain-language description of what the system does, its order rate, and which accounts it will run on. Most reviews complete within two business days. Approval is written, attached to your account, and binding on us — an approved system is never retroactively reclassified.

Heads up

Deploying full automation without approval is conduct rule #5 — it ends the account even if the strategy itself would have been approved. The email costs you two days; skipping it can cost the account.

The line to remember: if a human decides each trade, you're fine. If software decides, ask first.

Rule-Lock: versioned, dated, never retroactive

The rulebook you bought is the rulebook you're judged under.

The seven things that end an account

The complete conduct list — everything else is allowed.

News trading, sessions, and the EOD stamp

Trade any hour the CME is open — here's how the clock works.

Copy-trading between your own accounts

Allowed within your household cap — and only there.